Fredericton-based Chinova Bioworks, which is making preservatives from chitosan, has raised a US$2 million (C$2.6 million) round of equity funding led by DSM Venturing and Rhapsody Venture Partners.Read More

The Offshore Alliance — a coalition of fisher, social justice and environmental organizations, communities and individuals concerned about offshore drilling in Nova Scotia — is calling for a moratorium on offshore drilling pending a full federal/pRead More

Nearly five months late handing in his assignment to review Nova Scotia’s much-maligned forest practices, University of King’s College president William Lahey is under no pressure to produce it, just to get it right, according to a straw...Read More

Cannabis users often are stereotyped as being laid back, relaxed and chilled. Just watch an old Cheech and Chong movie and you’ll get the picture. But when it comes to safety in the workplace, complacency matters.Read More

Amazon. Chipotle. GoPro. These well-known businesses were launched thanks to investments by the founders' parents. But parents also have sunk plenty of money into their offsprings' doomed enterprises, sometimes endangering their retirements...Read More